Posted by yxibow on November 14, 2006, at 14:17:30
In reply to Dopamine - Do you care about those Agonists ?, posted by MARTY on November 13, 2006, at 19:09:44
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> I'm currently giving Dostinex (Cabergoline, a D2 dopamine agonist ) a try to treat my sexual dysfunctions caused by other meds and I found out that it help A LOT both my depression AND anxiety.
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> Already tried one of those agonists ? what about L-DOPA (Levodopa) ?
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> Any of you ever saw concretely a link between social phobia dopamine dysfunction AND any med having an effect on dopamine (antagonist, agonist, reuptake inhibitor etc etc) ?
>It is definately offlabel but I'm glad it is helping you.
One should place caution with dopamine agonists, especially with anyone who has features of psychosis associated with depression (or even not), because overactivity at D2 could cause hallucinations and psychosis. These were made originally for parkinson's patients and that is something that happens.
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